Somebody lowered the American flag in Marietta's town square and burned it.

Somebody lowered the American flag in Marietta's town square and burned it.

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Updated: 7:18 AM EDT Mar 12, 2014

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WEBVTT WAS TREATED AT THE PRISON. 3 IT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT A SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY COMMUNITY HAS HAD TO DEAL WITH THIS TYPE OF CRIME... AND IT HAS THE WHOLE TOWN OUTRAGED. AS NEWS 8'S LANCASTER COUNTY REPORTER KATELYN SMITH SHOWS US...IT MAY MAKE YOU FEEL THE SAME WAY. 3 <23:07:30 MOTORCYCLE><GLENN ORR: 22:22:25 THERE'S A LOT OF FLAGS><NATS: 23:18:18 KIDS PLAYING, FLAGS IN FOREGROUND><GLENN ORR: 22:22:26 THERE'S A LOT OF PATRIOTIC PEOPLE HERE IN MARIETTA> THERE ARE A LOT OF VETERANS HERE. LIKE BRADY HESS. HE SERVED IN THE ARMY IN THE VIETNAM WAR...NOW SOMEONE'S MADE HIM FEEL... <BRADY HESS: 22:58:31 LIKE IT DIDN'T MATTER><NATS: RONDA NEY TYPING> IT'S BEEN LIKE THAT SINCE SATURDAY MORNING.THAT'S WHEN RONDA NEY...THE BOROUGH'S DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR SAW SOMETHING STRANGE ...<áásuper hereáááRONDA NEY: 22:03:54 WHEN I WAS APPROACHING THE SQUARE, I KNEW SOMETHING WAS DIFFERENT ABOUT THE SQUARE...WE DIDN'T HAVE A FLAG><NATS: 22:35:23 GLENN OPENING TRASH BAG> SHE SENT THE BOROUGH'S MAINTENANCE MAN TO CHECK IT OUT...HE'S ALSO THE FIRE CHIEF...<NATS: SWEEPING UP BURNT PIECES> AT THE TIME...SHE DIDN'T KNOW HOW MUCH THAT WOULD MATTER.<NATS: GLENN ORR: 22:26:55 THIS IS ALL FLAG...THIS IS ALL FLAG THAT WAS LAYING HERE, IT WAS DRAPED OVER HERE...DOWN THROUGH HERE>SOMEONE HAD BROUGHT DOWN THE AMERICAN FLAG ...<NATS: 22:42:03 THERE YOU CAN SEE THE TOP, WHERE IT'S CHARRED HERE> AND BURNED IT ON THE ROPE.<GLENN ORR: 22:43:08 I HAD A BROTHER AND FATHER IN THE WAR AND I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS><ááásuper hereááá BRADY HESS: 23:00:10 ACTUALLY I HAD TEARS IN MY EYES, I GUESS WHEN IT COMES TO THIS COUNTRY AND THE FLAG, I'M HIGHLY EMOTIONAL><STANDUP: 22:51:46 WHEN YOU PULL THE FLAG DOWN, THE PENNSYLVANIA FLAG COMES DOWN FIRST ...IT WAS FOUND ON THE BUSHES, RIGHT NEXT TO THE AMERICAN FLAG...BUT ONLY THE AMERICAN FLAG WAS BURNED... BOROUGH WORKERS SAY IF THAT'S SOMEONE TRYING TO SEND A MESSAGE...THEY'RE NOT LISTENING><GLENN ORR: 22:45:50 WE'RE PROUD, WE GOT IT RIGHT BACK UP IN THE AIR...IT WAS BACK UP IN THE AIR 20 MINUTES AFTER POLICE DID THEIR INVESTIGATING, WE HAD HER BACK UP IMMEDIATELY> A NEW FLAG...AT A COST OF ABOUT 50 BUCKS.BUT SOME HAVE PAID A PRICE MUCH HIGHER THAN THAT. <NATS: SWEEPING UP BURNT PIECES> AND FEEL WHOEVER DID THIS...SHOULD TOO.<BRADY HESS: 22:59:20 I THINK THEY OUGHT TO BE TAKE OUT AND HUNG>IN LANCASTER COUNTY, KATELYN SMITH NEWS 8. 3 SUSQUEHANNA REGIONAL POLICE SAY THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE WILL LIKELY FACE A CHARGE OF 'INSULTS TO NATIONAL OR STATE FLAG'... WHICH CAN CARRY JAIL TIME. POLICE

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Somebody lowered the American flag in Marietta's town square and burned it.